Copyright: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.
Citation: ©2004. Sony Pictures Digital Inc.


About This File

This Help file contains context-sensitive help topics.

Revised September 2, 2004


Track

From the drop-down list, choose the track you want to edit.


Current Time

Displays the current cursor position.


IDH EDITLIST
Edit List

Lists all the MIDI events in the file.


IDH EDIT LOOP LABEL
Loop

Indicates the beginning, end, and length of the current loop region. You can double-click any of the boxes to edit them.


IDH EDIT LOOP LENGTH
Loop Length

Indicates the length of the current loop region. Double-click to type a new length, and the loop end will be updated accordingly.


IDH EDIT LOOP START
Loop Start

Indicates the beginning of the current loop region. Double-click to type a new starting point.


IDH EDIT LOOP END
Loop End

Indicates the end of the current loop region. Double-click to type a new ending point.


Edit Event

Click to display the Edit MIDI Event dialog.


Insert Event

Click to display the Insert MIDI Event dialog.

Each event type has different parameters that you can adjust. Depending on the type of event that you're creating, the contents of the Insert MIDI Event dialog will vary.


Delete Event

Removes the selected event from the list.


Mark Loop End

Sets the selected event as the end of a loop region.


Mark Loop Start

Sets the selected event as the beginning of a loop region.


Solo Current Track

Plays the currently selected track by itself. To hear the entire MIDI file, turn off the Solo Track button.


Event Filter

Click to display the MIDI Event Filter dialog.

You can use the MIDI Event Filter dialog to select each event type that you want to exclude from the event list. Clear a check box to include events of that type.


MIDI Quantize
Quantize

Opens the MIDI Quantize dialog, where you can force events to align with musical beats based on the parameters you specify.


Monitor

Select to preview MIDI events.

Enable Real-Time MIDI must be also selected on the ACID Options menu. If you're using a different host application, please refer to that application's documentation.


Play

Plays from the current cursor position.


Play from Start

Plays the entire MIDI file from the beginning, regardless of cursor position.


Pause

Halts playback. The next time you click Play, playback will begin with the last event played.


Stop

Halts playback. The next time you click Play, playback will begin with the first event in the list.


Go to Start

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the list.


Go to End

Moves the cursor to the end of the list.


Step Recording

Clicking to perform step-time recording.

Step-time recording allows you to record by specifying the interval between MIDI messages. Step recording allows you to record notes with very precise timing.


Loop Playback

Click to toggle looped playback mode. When the button is selected, only the events between the mark in and mark out points will be played.


Track

Choose the track to which you want to record.


Input
Input port

If you want to use an external controller to enter MIDI notes, choose the port where your controller is connected.

Only devices that are enabled on the MIDI tab in the Preferences dialog are displayed.


Step size

Choose the interval you want between the beginnings of notes.


Duration

Choose the duration of the notes you want to record. When you choose a duration longer than the step size, notes will overlap.


Auto advance on insert and record

Select this check box if you want to automatically increase the Start time setting by the current step size each time you click the Insert button or play a note on your MIDI controller.

Clear the check box if you want to adjust the Start time manually (when creating harmonies, for example).


Start time

Specify the point at which you want to start recording.


Channel

Type the MIDI channel you want to play the note.


Note

Type the note you want to play as a numeric value (60) or pitch (C3).


On velocity

Specify the speed of the note's attack (0-127). Low values produce a soft attack; high values produce a strong attack.


Off velocity

Specify the speed of the note's release (0-127). Low values produce a soft release; high values produce a staccato release.


Duration

Specify the length of the note's sustain in measures.beats.ticks.


Insert

Click to record the note using the settings on this dialog.


Delete
Delete Selection

Click to remove all selected notes.


Clear All

Click to remove all notes.


IDH STEPREC REPEAT EVENT
Repeat event


IDH STEPREC RIPPLE EVENTS
Ripple events